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  • Local kids go on a mission to Marsville

    Outside, April 24 was just another clear Florida day, but inside the Duke Field Fuel Cell Hangar, it was a place out of this world. Welcome to Marsville. Sponsored by Eglin's 96th Air Base Wing, Marsville is a collaborative effort between Eglin and the surrounding elementary schools' fifth-grade

  • Eglin dining facilities awarded coveted Hennessy

    The 96th Service Squadron's dining facilities here won the Air Force Hennessy trophy for 2009. The John L. Hennessy Award is the oldest military food service award established in 1957, it is named for the late John L. Hennessy, a hotel and restaurant executive who served on advisory boards to

  • Eglin security forces honor fallen officers killed in line of duty

    Men and women with the 96th Security Forces Squadron here are wearing black stripes over their badges in honor of two officers killed in the line of duty recently -- one with close ties to their squadron. Deputy Burt Lopez and Deputy Skip York, Okaloosa County Sherriff's Office deputies, were shot

  • Operation Hero: mission success

    "Daddy, this is the best day of my life," said, Madeline Jansen, 7-year old daughter of Lt. Col. Michael Jansen right after Security Forces laid the "smack down," on a simulated terrorist, in one of the many demos performed for Operation Hero, April 25. Team Eglin's youngest members had the

  • Know H1N1 flu facts, be prepared

    Current news of the H1N1 Flu Outbreak shows just how vulnerable we can be, but Team Eglin is ready. Though Center of Disease Control and Prevention determined this novel strain is not pandemic, there are more than 60 confirmed cases in our country and even more cases exist in Mexico. Thankfully, we

  • Deployment opportunities exist for Team AF, civilians

    The operations tempo for Air Force employees - both civilian and military - is still high; but volunteers for extended deployments have dropped by more than 20 percent in the past two years. According to an internal Air Force Materiel Command memo released April 21 by Gen. Donald Hoffman, AFMC